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53y · Male·Complications of hepatocellular carcinoma with significant contributing patholog…
Michael Rex Clark, aged 53, died in Long Bay Hospital from hepatocellular carcinoma with cirrhosis and hepatitis C while serving a custodial sentence. He had received appropriate treatment for hepatitis C, which was clea…
67y · Male·respiratory failure with antecedent causes including chronic emphysematic lung d…
67-year-old male with 40-year smoking history presented with chest symptoms in 2012. CT scan revealed a left upper lobe mass. Core biopsy was incorrectly reported as adenocarcinoma by the pathologist, despite clinical un…
55y · Male·Glioblastoma multiforme
Mark Ian McLaughlin, a 55-year-old man in custody, presented with haematuria and neurological symptoms and was found to have a grade 4 glioblastoma multiforme on imaging and histopathology. He underwent appropriate neuro…
50y · Male·Tracheal obstruction due to poorly differentiated metastatic malignant epithelio…
Wesley Fitton, aged 50, died from tracheal obstruction caused by metastatic epithelioid sarcoma while in custody at Princess Alexandra Hospital's secure unit. Diagnosed in June 2014 with aggressive, rapidly progressive c…
67y · Male·Complications of non small cell lung carcinoma in a man with ischaemic cardiomyo…
A 67-year-old man with schizophrenia subject to a Non-Custodial Supervision Order died from complications of non-small cell lung carcinoma with multiple comorbidities including ischaemic cardiomyopathy and COPD. He was a…
65y · Male·Severe neutropenic sepsis and multi-organ failure secondary to severe mucositis …
A 65-year-old man with stage 3 rectal cancer died from severe neutropenic sepsis and multi-organ failure secondary to probable dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency when treated with capecitabine chemotherapy.…
73y · Male·Sepsis (gram-negative septic shock) secondary to complications of selective inte…
A 73-year-old man died from gram-negative septic shock following selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) for metastatic gastric cancer. He had previously undergone a Whipple procedure in 2014, which creates a direct …
43y · Male·Metastatic colo-rectal carcinoma
Jason Spradbury, 43, was an inmate at Port Phillip Prison who presented with severe abdominal and back pain in February 2016, leading to diagnosis of metastatic colorectal cancer. He underwent partial bowel resection and…
69y · Male·Metastatic non-small cell lung cancer on a background of dilated cardiomyopathy,…
Bruce Thomas, a 69-year-old man serving a custodial sentence, died of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer with concurrent dilated cardiomyopathy, COPD, and hypertension. Lung masses were discovered in May 2015 during a…
70y · Male·Metastatic tumour in the setting of known renal and bowel cancer
Kenneth Albert Hargreaves, a 70-year-old man with extensive medical comorbidities including renal and bowel cancer, lymphoma, Parkinson's disease, and cardiac disease, died from metastatic tumour while imprisoned at Port…
58y · Male·pneumonia on a background of adenocarcinoma of the lung stage 4, ischaemic heart…
58-year-old male prisoner died from pneumonia complicated by stage 4 lung adenocarcinoma, ischaemic heart disease, and chronic emphysema. He presented with critical leg ischaemia requiring femoral endarterectomy, develop…
82y · Male·complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer with end stage liver failure
An 82-year-old man died of end-stage liver failure due to metastatic pancreatic cancer while serving a custodial sentence. He was comprehensively assessed on entry to prison and housed in an Aged Care Unit where his mult…
78y · Male·metastatic malignancy (unknown primary) with contributing right-sided heart fail…
Leonard Edward Dodson, aged 78, died in custody from metastatic liver cancer (unknown primary) with contributing right-sided heart failure. He had prostate cancer diagnosed in 2010 via elevated PSA (20ng/ml) but was not …
56y · Female·Complications of cervical cancer
Kerry Forrest, aged 56, died in custody on 26 January 2016 from complications of advanced cervical cancer. She was serving a 25-year sentence after being diagnosed with terminal cervical cancer in 2012, prior to sentenci…
62y · Male·Complications of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
A 62-year-old man with hepatitis C-related cirrhosis died from complications of hepatocellular carcinoma while in prison custody. He was identified with a 4cm liver mass in April 2016 and confirmed to have an 8cm hepatoc…
73y · Female·Multiple organ failure due to or as a consequence of sepsis due to or as a conse…
73-year-old woman died 12 days after elective colorectal surgery for synchronous caecal and rectal tumours. Post-operatively, she developed persistent low urine output and intermittent hypotension managed with repeated f…
48y · Male·Complications of metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of larynx
Kevin Suares, a 48-year-old man with Fragile X syndrome and moderate intellectual disability, died from complications of metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx. He was diagnosed in March 2016 with a 12-month li…
69y · Male·Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia, a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Colin Hay, a 69-year-old man serving a custodial sentence, died from Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia (a non-Hodgkin lymphoma) on 21 October 2016 in the Secure Unit Annex of Prince of Wales Hospital. He was diagnosed in J…
63y · Male·metastatic small cell lung carcinoma with ischaemic heart disease as a significa…
A 63-year-old man serving a custodial sentence died of metastatic small cell lung carcinoma with contributing ischaemic heart disease. One month before death, he presented with constitutional symptoms and was diagnosed w…
63y · Female·metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung
Angela Beryl Firth, aged 63, died from metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung with brain metastases while subject to a Level 1 Inpatient Treatment Order at Royal Adelaide Hospital. She presented with behavioural disturban…
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